[VIXX ALLN] One Shot Series

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Taekwoon hasn't been able to sleep well lately because he recently received a new script for the revised Mata Hari musical. He was thrilled of course, to be reinvited to play the main lead, Armand again but at the same time he was also very nervous.

He pulled out the script during the group's next venue and flipped through the script diligently. But as he kept reading the script, he felt a sudden pain in his stomach which made it hard for him to stay focus.

Jaehwan who was sitting next to him noticed the older was clenching at his stomach in pain.

"Hyung, are you okay?" He asked.

"What's wrong Taekwoon-ah?" Hakyeon heard and turned around from his seat at the front of the car.

"It's nothing," Taekwoon didn't want to worry his members.

"It can't be nothing. Your face is getting paler by the second." Hakyeon noticed.

"Should we stop by the hospital and get you checked up?" Their manager suggested.

"No! I'm fine. Please let's just continue on the road or else we'll be late," Taekwoon insisted.

"But..." Hakyeon couldn't help worrying.

"Don't worry. I'll be fine after I eat some painkillers."

The members remained silent since the vocalist kept insisting but they couldn't help paying extra attention to Taekwoon throughout their schedule that day.

Luckily after a few painkillers and a strong will to finish his work, Taekwoon got through the day. However, the pain was still there.

Hakyeon couldn't take his eyes off Taekwoon for even a minute. He was too worry and too afraid that if he didn't pay enough attention to the vocalist, something bad might happen.

"You're worrying to much," Taekwoon said.

"That's because you've been having pains these past few days. You even woke up in the middle of the night yesterday to get painkillers didn't you?"

"You noticed?"

"Of course I did."

"I'm fine. It's probably just due to stress."

"Let's get you checked up okay?" Hakyeon suggested. "Please?"

Taekwoon really didn't like hospital but the look on Hakyeon's concerned face made it hard for him to refuse.

"Okay."

The next day, both Taekwoon and Hakyeon went with their manager to get a check up at the nearby hospital.

"Well doctor? What's wrong with Taekwoon lately?" Hakyeon asked right after his friend was throughly examined.

"Have you been unable to sleep well lately Taekwoon-sshi?" The doctor asked.

Taekwoon nodded.

"And also experiencing stomach pains constantly?"

Taekwoon nodded again.

"It seems like your stomache have an overflowing amount of acid which is the cause of the pain. I hear you drink coffee a lot? How many per day, would you say you'd drink on a regular basis?"

"4-5 maybe?" Taekwoon told the doctor.

"He used to even drink 12!" Hakyeon commented.

"Then there's your reason for the pains. Caffeine has a large percentage of acidity in it and for you to drink so much is very bad for your stomach. Of course, stress also adds to the pain and sleepless nights but your main culprit is the coffee. For the time being, you will need to stop drinking everything that causes acidity such as milk, yogurt and especially coffee." The doctor instructed him.